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BankTech Ventures

Corporate VC

Sandy · Seed–Late Stage · 13 people tracked

Also known as LONGSHIP CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC

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Investment thesis

BankTech Ventures was created in response to community bankers seeking ways to invest in and identify the best technology solutions for their industry. The fund focuses on companies that address the priorities of community banks, backing founders solving important problems in banking and supporting digital transformation. Its model brings together an ecosystem of bankers, entrepreneurs, investors, advocates, and accelerators to advance community banking, and offers participating banks innovation and technology decision support, business impact from sourced portfolio companies, and investment returns through the strategic fund.

Source: firm website, verified Sep 1, 2026.

Stage
Seed–Late Stage
HQ
Sandy, Utah, US
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2021
Last 12 months
3 investments
Private fund assets
$92.4M
VC funds
1
Tracked investments
30

Team · 13 people

from the firm's website & curated & public directories
Carson Lappetito· President, Sunwest Bank

President of Sunwest Bank.

Eric Sprink· CEO, Coastal Community Bank

CEO of Coastal Community Bank.

Kevin Tweddle· Senior EVP, ICBA Innovation, ICBA

Senior EVP of ICBA Innovation at ICBA.

What they invest in

from 27 of 30 portfolio companies

Fintech ×21SaaS ×18Enterprise Software ×15AI & Machine Learning ×10Cybersecurity ×6Data & Infrastructure ×4Cloud Computing ×3Crypto & Web3 ×3

HQs:United States×15Brazil×1Norway×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 13 portfolio companies
54%
solo founders
7 of 13 mapped founding teams

Founding team size:solo founder×72 founders×43 founders×2

Investments · 30 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2026 · 12025 · 22024 · 12023 · 32022 · 22021 · 110 dated

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AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Keith Archibald(Co-founder & CEO)John Pagliucain

Co-investorsAccel-KKRSilver Lake Partners

Go Abacusgoabacus.coin𝕏✓ verified

Abacus develops on-premise AI infrastructure for regulated industries, delivering secure enterprise AI with zero data egress and examiner-ready compliance for financial institutions.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareFintechChicago, US

David Moscatelli(Chief Executive Officer & Founder)inLisa Gillespie(Chief Operating Officer & Co-founder)in

Co-investorsGFT Ventures

Torpagotorpago.comin𝕏Jun 2024 · $10M✓ verified

Torpago provides a white-labeled, cloud-native platform that lets banks launch and manage branded business credit card programs, including AI-powered spend management tools and a bank-facing admin portal.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSBurlingame, US

Brent Jackson(CEO)inDaniel Chavez(Director)Eileen Schefsky(Director)

Co-investorsAssurant VenturesEJF VenturesKortschak Investments L.P.BancTech VenturesClear Haven Capital Management

Adluminadlumin.comin𝕏Nov 2023 · $70M

N-able delivers unified cybersecurity and data protection solutions including endpoint management (N-central), AI-powered threat detection and response (Adlumin), and disaster recovery services (Cove).

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareAlexandria, US

Robert S. Jonhston(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsSyn Ventures Seed Management LlcFirst InFirst In VenturesLeawood Venture Capital LlcSYN Ventures

Beauceron
Beauceron Securitybeauceronsecurity.comin𝕏

Beauceron Security provides anti-phishing and security awareness training software designed to reduce employee vulnerability to cyber threats.

CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Co-investorsEast Valley VenturesNew Brunswick Innovation Foundation

Billgobillgo.comin𝕏

BillGO operates BillGO Exchange, a payments platform that converts paper checks into digital payments and aggregates them into a single self-service portal for reconciliation.

FintechSaaSFort Collins, US

Daniel W. Holt(Executive Officer, Director)Kenneth Wayne Allen(Director)Scott M. Miller(Executive Officer, Director)Stephen R. Biddle(Director)

BoardPeter J. Kight(Director)inLarry Mazza(Director)

Co-investorsCaruso VenturesCohen CircleCommerce VenturesStructural Capital

Bloomablooma.ai

Blooma provides intelligent automation software for commercial real estate (CRE) lending, automating data extraction, borrower profiling, loan scoring, and portfolio monitoring for national and regional banks, community banks, and debt funds.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSan Diego, US

Shayne Skaff(CEO)Tal Almog

Co-investorsCanapi VenturesAbstract VenturesCastile VenturesFloodgateNycaNyca Partners+1 more

CNotemycnote.comin

CNote is a cash management and fixed-income investing platform that channels deposits and investments into mission-driven financial institutions such as CDFIs, MDIs, and low-income designated banks and credit unions.

FintechImpact & Social Good

Catherine Berman(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsAmerican Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social ImpactAstiaBand of AngelsCommerce VenturesForefront VentureGolden Seeds+8 more

Coinbaxcoinbax.comin𝕏Dec 2025 · $4.2M

Coinbax provides a control layer that adds institutional-grade payment controls—programmable escrow, multi-party approvals, spend limits, compliance checks, and reversibility—to stablecoin and tokenized deposit settlement.

Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintech

Peter Glyman(Founder & CEO)inJustin Seidl(Chief Technology Officer)in

Co-investorsConnecticut InnovationsPaxosSpringTime Ventures

Crowdworkscrowdworks.itin

CrowdWorks operates a platform that connects investors, founders, and innovation experts to discover, evaluate, and invest in early-stage companies while providing post-investment collaboration tools and metrics tracking.

B2B MarketplacesFintechSaaSOslo, NO

DeepSeedeepsee.aiin𝕏

DeepSee.ai develops technology aimed at supporting knowledge workers and improving business operations.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS

Co-investorsBYU Cougar CapitalFairhaven Capital PartnersOquirrh Ventures

Equabliequabli.cominFeb 2022

Equabli builds the EQ Suite, software that automates and organizes workflows across the debt recovery and collection lifecycle for lenders and their partners.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSAustin, US

Cody Owens(CEO)in

BoardBlake Hogan(Director)Brandon Black(Director)Paul Grinberg(Director)

Co-investorsCross River Digital VenturesSocial Leverage

Filejetfilejet.cominJan 2021

Filejet provides an automated platform for legal entity management and compliance, handling filings and ongoing compliance tasks across all 50 US states.

GovTechLegalTechSaaSWilmington, US

Andy White(Founder & CEO)inChris Seib(CTO)inMike Gaffney(Contract CRO)inTEJROOP SINGH SEHMI(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)NAVJOT SEHMI(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)

Finosecfinosec.comin

Finosec provides governance and cybersecurity management software for financial institutions, automating tasks such as systems access rights management, user access reviews, IT audits, and FFIEC IT exam preparation.

CybersecurityFintechSaaSAlpharetta, US

Zach Duke(CEO and Co-Founder)inScott McIlrath(CTO and Co-Founder)inThomas Bostwick(VP of Product Development)in

Fintel Connectfintelconnect.comin

Performance marketing and affiliate network for financial services brands.

Infinantinfinant.comin𝕏

Infinant offers a cloud-native platform that enables banks to launch new financial products and services—including deposit accounts, payments, and cards—without replacing their core systems.

Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSCharlotte, US

RIAZ SYED(Executive Officer)ELAINE DUFF(Director)

BoardJOHN PHILPOTT(Director)JAMES DREIBELBIS(Director)ROB LEE(Director)

Co-investorsFINTOP CapitalFISJAM FINTOP Banktech

Micronotesmicronotes.cominAug 2023 · $7.5M

Micronotes provides AI-driven prescreen marketing campaigns for banks and credit unions, enabling targeted loan offers to members and customers.

AI & Machine LearningFintechMarketing Tech

Co-investorsHarbor Light Capital PartnersVestigo VenturesExperian VenturesTTV Capital

Micronotesmicronotes.aiinAug 2023 · $7.5M

Micronotes provides AI-driven marketing and prescreen campaign tools for banks and credit unions to generate loans by targeting current members with offers such as auto and home-equity loans.

AI & Machine LearningFintechMarketing TechCambridge, US

Devon Kinkead(Executive Officer, Director)inJoseph Heller(Executive Officer)

BoardDonald Layden, Jr.(Director)Kathryn Hinderhofer(Director)Mark Johnson(Director)inNelson Repenning(Director)

Co-investorsExperian VenturesTTV CapitalVestigo Ventures

Monitmonitapp.ioin

Monit provides a data-driven platform that gives banks and their bankers actionable guidance to serve small and medium business (SMB) clients more effectively.

Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS

Co-investorsFINTOP CapitalRunway Venture PartnersCento VenturesTTV Capital

Portxportx.ioin

PortX builds integration infrastructure for financial institutions, delivered as an Integration-Platform-as-a-Service (iPaaS) that connects banking cores, open banking APIs, and a marketplace of integrated fintechs.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureFintechSaaS

Co-investorsBTECH CONSORTIUMCurql Collective, LLCFUSENext Level Ventures

Revio Insightrevioinsight.comin

Revio Insight provides competitive intelligence and analytics for banks and credit unions, revealing customer banking relationships and unmet product opportunities to prevent customer attrition.

Data & InfrastructureFintechSaaS

SOLOsolo.onein𝕏

SOLO is a data-sharing network and protocol that governs how customer data is collected, shared, and reused across banks, fintechs, and infrastructure providers.

Data & InfrastructureFintechSaaS

Spring Labsspringlabs.comJun 2026 · $5M

Spring Labs provides AI-driven complaint management and resolution handling software for compliance teams.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSLos Angeles, US

Anna Fridman(Founder)John Sun(Founder)Kevin Lewis(Founder)

Co-investors500 GlobalAlpha Ascent Ventures LlcAugust CapitalGreatPoint VenturesLobby CapitalMulticoin Capital+2 more

Stablecorestablecore.cominSep 2025 · $20M

Stablecore provides digital asset infrastructure for banks and credit unions, enabling them to work with stablecoins, tokenization, and blockchain technology.

Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintechDallas, US

Alex Treece(Co-Founder and CEO)inEduardo Montemayor(Co-Founder and CTO)inNick Elledge(Co-Founder and COO)

Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesCurql Collective, LLCMirana VenturesMoonshots CapitalNorwest Venture PartnersReflexive Capital+4 more

Verogetvero.comin𝕏

Vero is a multi-channel customer engagement platform that lets product-led teams send personalized email, SMS, and push messages using a visual journey builder, API, and direct data warehouse connections.

Marketing TechSaaSSales Tech

Chris Hexton(Co-founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsPartners for GrowthPartners for Growth (PFG)Square Peg Capital

Veroverointernet.com.brin

Vero provides residential and business fixed internet connectivity, serving over 1.4 million customers across more than 400 cities in Brazil.

Enterprise Software

Co-investorsInvest TechWarburg Pincus

Vero Technologiesvero-technologies.comin

Vero builds VeroOS, a platform for asset-backed lenders to manage wholesale finance workflows including funding, servicing, titles, and audit operations.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSNew York, US

Co-investorsAAF Management Ltd.FinTech Ventures

ZSuite
ZSuite Techzsuitetech.cominNov 2022

ZSuite Tech provides ZEscrow, a platform that lets banks and financial institutions manage commercial escrow accounts and subaccounts at scale, handling complex interest calculations, tracking, and compliance.

FintechPropTechSaaSBurlington, US

Nathan Baumeister(Executive Officer, Director)Vilangadu G. Narayanan(Director)William W. Neville(Director)Tom Shen(Director)Jay Tuli(Director)

Co-investorsFINTOP CapitalS3 VenturesJAM FINTOP

Exits · 1

IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolio

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Portfolio news

latest coverage across their companies

Frequently asked questions

How many investments has BankTech Ventures made?
BankTech Ventures has 27 tracked investments, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does BankTech Ventures invest at?
BankTech Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Late Stage stages.
What sectors does BankTech Ventures focus on?
BankTech Ventures focuses on Enterprise Software, Fintech.
Where is BankTech Ventures located?
BankTech Ventures is headquartered in Sandy, US.
Does BankTech Ventures lead rounds?
BankTech Ventures has led 3 of the 3 rounds where its role is on record.
Who does BankTech Ventures co-invest with?
BankTech Ventures most often shares deals with FINTOP Capital, Commerce Ventures, Curql Collective, LLC, among 49 tracked co-investors.

Media · Podcasts & interviews

featuring the team

Finovate Podcast Episode 249: Carey Ransom, BankTech Ventures

Finovate TV · Carey Ransom

Episode 314 | Carey Ransom, Managing Director of BankTech Ventures

Leaders In Payments Podcast · Carey Ransom

Building Venture Studios Short with Carey Ransom of Operate and BankTech Ventures #startup #startups

Collective Genius · Carey Ransom

#opnaskaninvestor - Carey Ransom, Managing Director at BankTech Ventures; Founder at Operate

Open People Network · Carey Ransom

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